this ones maybe for dreymar
how come i've got a 'œ' key in the middle bottom row wide layout?
Has anyone changed this to something more useful?
I don't think I've ever typed that character in my life so it prob doesn't belong there
but what to change it to?
Yep, this one's definitely for me. :-)
That's the extra ISO key (VK_102, <LSGT>, ...). I'm guessing you use my PKL files, in which I've set that to the OE ligature symbol. Most modern users don't require it, but if you want a fancier English you may use both Œ, Æ, the diaeresis accent and more! At the risk of seeming archæic, I guess. ;-) It's used in French, too.
For locale layouts, the extra key is very useful indeed! I use it for the Norwegian letter Ø (which incidentally, is very similar to Œ!), for instance.
Its <LSGT> name stems from the fact that many layouts has mapped it to the less/greater than symbols, but using a US-type layout these are better placed above dot/comma. Other layouts have an extra minus/underscore key there, which is unnecessary.
That key could be used for anything you type that's a bit rare but still occurs now and then. It's up to you to decide what that might be! No wrong answers I think.
At some point in the future of PKL, it'll support ligatures/hotstrings, so then you could put the hotstring dead key there! :-) Actually, you may consider whether any of the existing dead keys (maths, greek, currency...) would be useful to you in a more accessible position?
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has anyone uk based swapped it out for something else?
i'm racking my brains as to what i should put in its place
but theres also the consideration I don't want to make life hard, i.e. have to remember how to do a manual intervention every time I do an OS upgrade
its already hard enough!
(thats more a reflection on me than the tools available for the process i must add)
If you haven't yet felt a need for another key, then just ignore it. It's tucked away in a fairly inaccessible spot anyway. If at any point you do feel such a need, you'll know where to go.
Whisper words of wisdom: Let it be. :-)
Of course, if you feel like having some fun, you could put an extra modifier on that key! Unfortunately I haven't yet implemented multiple Extend layers for PKL, otherwise it'd make a decent Extend2 modifier.
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on a slight tangent, its a real bloody shame i can't put your extend layer on my minila fn key
the hardwired minila fn layer has opened my eyes to the possibilities, but left me unable to fully exploit!
I agree, but unless you're willing to implement a hardware solution to a hardware challenge, you'll just have to deal with it. We can't do that one in software.
But you know that already. I shall stop talking, at some point. Nah.
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i'm sort of loathed to take a soldering iron to it
i'll prob make do and keep an eye out for a planck massdrop
in which case i'd prob sell the minila and prob best in that instance that I haven't done anything to it..
Best of luck! Though as you may be aware, I don't trust ortholinear boards in general. ;-)
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trust issues? has an ortholinear run off with your lady in the past or somesuch?
i think it would mean you can forget about touch typing on a regular keyboard ever again
how sensible that is depends largely on the individual
